Savant Venture Fund
savant.co.za Direct investor
Savant Venture Fund is the venture capital arm of Savant, based in Cape Town, South Africa. It invests in early-stage African deep-tech and hardware ventures, providing capital alongside commercialisation support and industry networks.
Savant Venture Fund is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 2004. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series A, in deep tech, hardware, medtech and energy. Its stated cheque size is R0.5M– R1.5M Pre-Seed; R 2.5M – R 5M Seed; R15M – R30M Series A.. 70 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“At Savant, we fund deep-tech and hardware startups solving real-world problems.”
— Savant Venture Fund, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Invests in
- Africa
- Sectors
- Deep tech, Hardware, Medtech, Energy, Green Economy, E-mobility, Agritech, Climatetech
- Cheque size
- R0.5M– R1.5M Pre-Seed; R 2.5M – R 5M Seed; R15M – R30M Series A.
- Founded
- 2004
- Portfolio
- 70 companies
Team, as Savant Venture Fund publishes it
- Nick Allen Managing Partner
- Kate Turner-Smith Partner
- Francois Malan Venture Partner
- Thabelo Ratshihule Foundry CEO
- Mthobisi Shandu Associate
- Nivida Wicomb Centre Manager
- Steve Vey Associate
- Kiki Hughes Venture Analyst
- Daniel Maloba Venture Analyst
- Athi Rwexu Yako Venture Analyst
- Adam Barnard Venture Analyst
Names and roles exactly as listed on savant.co.za. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Savant Venture Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.savant.co.za/name, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.savant.co.za/funding/is_investor, layer, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote
- https://www.savant.co.za/about-savant/type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded, people
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Record 8162 · added 2026-09-20 · link last verified 2026-09-20 · confidence high
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